Jacques Lebreton

Una joven explotada y reprimida empieza a cobrar por sus favores sexuales y dinamita la sociedad capitalista patriarcal del pueblo donde vive.

En vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Eddie Chapman, un ladrón de cajas de caudales, es apresado y encerrado en la prisión de la isla de Jersey, al sur de Inglaterra. Al estallar la guerra, los alemanes ocupan la isla, y Eddie Chapman ofrece sus servicios al invasor para recobrar la libertad. Después de someterse a un periodo de instrucción como agente secreto, sus jefes lo pondrán a prueba para asegurarse de su lealtad.

Las relaciones conyugales contempladas tanto desde el punto de vista de la esposa como del marido.

Un hombre se despierta por la mañana, y se encuentra con que la policía ha entrado en su habitación y lo arresta, tras acusarlo de haber cometido un crimen.

En Nantes, Lola (Anouk Aimée), una bailarina de cabaret, espera el regreso de su novio Michel (Jacques Harden), que es el padre de su hijo y hace siete años que emigró a América con la promesa de volver cuando se hiciese rico. Durante su ausencia, Lola es cortejada por Roland (Marc Michel), un amigo de la infancia, y por el marinero americano Frankie (Alan Scott).

The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.

Abel Davos, un conocido criminal italiano, huye a Francia con su familia eludiendo así una orden de arresto y la condena a muerte. Le acompaña su fiel amigo Raymond Naldi, otro conocido criminal perseguido por la justicia. En la frontera se produce un dramático tiroteo... (FILMAFFINITY)

Francia, reinado de Luis XIV (1643-1715). El duque de Nevers acoge bajo su protección a su primo el príncipe Felipe de Gonzaga, pero éste ordena al siniestro Peyrolles que asesine a su benefactor. Con tal propósito, son reclutados los mejores espadachines, entre ellos Lagardére. Cuando Gonzaga se entera de que del matrimonio secreto de Nevers va a nacer un heredero, se apresurará a ejecutar sus planes.

Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.

On Christmas Eve, Françoise, a manicurist at the Paris-Palace-Hotel, is invited to celebrate by Henri Delormel, an attractive fifty-something man. She later meets Gérard driving a Cadillac, and passes herself off as the wealthy Delormel's daughter. For his part, the young garage employee claims to own the vehicle.

Judge Julien Lamy regularly deals with the welfare of children, namely down on their luck delinquents. When an orphan named Alain Robert burns down a barn belonging to his abusive foster family, Judge Lamy has no choice but to send him to a juvenile jail. There he meets an older boy named Francis Lanoux, who is desperate to escape and be reunited with his girlfriend Sylvette. The boys eventually flee the institution, as Francis goes in search of his lost love and Alain continues looking for his parents. Unfortunately, the little rebels run into some big problems once on the outside.

Después de cumplir cinco años de condena, Tony Le Stephanois sale de prisión con la intención de cambiar de vida, pero se encuentra con que su antigua amante está con un conocido gángster. Así las cosas, y careciendo de recursos económicos, no le queda más remedio que volver a su vida pasada y reunirse con sus viejos compinches. Durante semanas prepara minuciosamente con ellos un golpe perfecto: el atraco a una inaccesible joyería de París.

El viejo gángster Max y un amigo suyo tienen un plan que les permitirá obtener cerca de 50 millones de francos. La ex-novia de Max, que lo ha dejado por Angelo, el jefe de otra banda, pretende obtener información sobre ese plan para quedarse con el dinero. Con este fin ella y sus amigos secuestran al socio de Max y piden un rescate por su vida.

The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.

In Cantagrel, Urbain Coindet, a farmer and town councilor in his forties, finds his wife hanging from a beam in the barn. Aurélie Coindet has committed suicide but not everybody is convinced. The village is soon divided in two conflicting sides, the Republicans who support Urbain and the clericals accusing him of murder, which particularly suits Frédéric, a tobacco smuggler who hates the farmer. Urbain's case becomes even worse as he develops a tender feeling for Jeanne, a sweet young lady who happens to be Frédéric's sister...

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.

Antoine y Antoinette Moulin (Roger Pigaut y Claire Mafféi), una humilde pareja francesa, ha perdido un billete ganador de la lotería y con ello la oportunidad de cambiar sus vidas. Ganadora del premio al mejor filme psicológico y de amor en el Festival de cine de Cannes de 1947, el cineasta galo Jacques Becker ('La evasión') nos ofrece una alegre fábula sobre el afecto, la suerte y el azar

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity, revenge and near madness, and starring Raimu in his last film appearance.

Rosine, who spends her time as a model, has to deal with the advances of a disreputable young man.

By mutual agreement, a man and a woman are separated to allow the wife to join her lover.

A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young woman, persuades her to enter a convent. Brought back on the straight and narrow by a missionary, the priest blesses his brother's marriage.